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Jopoqueri; /-k"ata-/ occurred in a song sung by speakers
from Jopoqueri and in variation with /-kata-/ in La Paz.

Examples:

it.kata.fia ‘to put (a rock) up against (a wall)' (La Paz/
" Compi)

itu.fia ‘to carry a heavy object' (general)

mak"ata.fia ‘to come/go up in front of someone, to go across'
(Compi/Jopoqueri) *ma- 'go'

 

o~

in.jat.ka.p.x.ista ‘you are looking across at us' (Salinas)
— 2>1|

S ifla.fia ‘to look' (Salinas)

6-2.17.2 ~ ynaga- ‘around, aimlessly'

c

The suffix -naga- does not verbalize. In contem-
porary La Paz Aymara this suffix is preceded by a vowel
On some roots and by a consonant on others; on some roots
either form is acceptable. Examples from Calacoa and Sita-
jara have a preceding vowel; examples from Calacoa, Huan-

cané, and Salinas have a preceding consonant. Examples:

sar.naga.fa ‘to go around, get along, live' (La Paz, Calacoa)

Sara.naga.fia ‘to go around, get along, live' (Calacoa, Sitajara,
— Bertonio 1603b:
284)
sara.fia ‘to go'